Safety razor blade dispenser



Jan. -10, 1967 H. H. LEMONJIAN 3,297,202

SAFETY RAZOR BLADE DISPENSER Filed Dec. 24, 1963 Henry H. Lemon ion IN VENTOR.

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United States Patent 3,297,202 SAFETY RAZOR BLADE DISPENSER Henry H. Lemonjian, 8904 65th Drive, Rego Park, N.Y. 11374 Filed Dec. 24, 1963, Ser. No. 333,080 4 Claims. (Cl. 221-232) The present invention relates to a novel multipurpose assemblage which is characterized, broadly construed, as a safety razor blade holder and dispenser combination.

As is suggested in the preceding general statement of the subject matter of the invention, one aspect thereof has to do with a safety razor which, in keeping with the concept under advisement embodies a specially constructed head. This head is characterized by a pair of opposed jaws which are cooperatively joined in a manner to clampingly retain a rigid single-edge safety razor blade therebetween for shaving purposes. In addition the jaws are so constructed and readily openable and closable to permit the used blade to be readily disposed of and a new blade to be fed (by delivery from the dispenser) between the jaws and readied for use.

Closely allied and cooperative with the safety razor is the multiple blade package-type holder. This holder embodies a magazine charged with a stack of blades which are spring-loaded and which are ejected one at a time from the discharge end of the magazine and are thus transferred to a usable position in the aforementioned head of the safety razor. Thus the combination aspect has to do with a safety razor whose handle is capable of being fitted with requisite nicety into an adapter which constitutes a part of the blade dispensing magazine or dispenser. This is to say the dispenser includes a flanged adapter for temporary guided reception of the handle of the razor whereby the two units, the razor on the one hand and the dispenser on the other, are temporarily assembled to make the desired transfer of a fresh blade into the razors head.

An objective of the present invention is to structurally, functionally and in other ways improve upon prior art adaptations wherein the overall assemblage is characterized by a safety razor having an easy-to-load head and a blade holder having blade-stacking, dispensing and ejecting facilities. To the ends desired the safety razor embodies a properly shaped and angled handle and, more particularly, a simple and expedient head having jaws for reception of the insertable safety razor blade and wherein the movable jaw has a rigid fingerpiece which constitutes a trigger and which serves to spread the jaws apart to permit the insertable blade to be quickly and reliably inserted and keyed for shaving use' The present invention also features an adapter which permits the handle to be lined up with the holder and dispenser whereby when the two units are oriented and coordinated the mere act of squeezing the two units with the hand serves to eject the topmost ready-to-use blade and to thus load it in the razors head for shaving use.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a view in side elevation with portions of the parts broken away and disclosed in section and which shows the two units (safety razor on the one hand and companion holder-dispenser on the other hand) in readiness for use;

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view (without the razor) with the blade in position ready for shaving and with the holder-dispenser omitted;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged sectional View taken approxi- 3,297,202 Patented Jan. 10, 1967 "ice rnately on the plane of the section line 33 of FIG. 2, looking in the direction of the indicating arrows;

FIGURE 4 is a cross-section on the horizontal section line 4-4 of FIG. 1; and

FIGURE 5 is a view in perspective of one of the safety razor blades and which also shows, in phantom lines, the ejector bracket and how a coacting flange thereof is mated with the cooperable notched edge of the blade.

With reference in particular to FIG. 1 of the accompanying sheet of drawings it will be noted that one unit, the novelly constructed quick-change safety razor is conveniently denoted by the reference character A. The companion magazine-type blade-holder, supplier and dispenser unit is denoted as an entity by the reference character B. These units A and B will be described separately although it will be appreciated that they are expressly designed and functionally constructed to unite in such a manner that a novel combination of implements or units A and B is had. I

The unit A, the safety razor, comprises a handle 6 of triangular cross-section as denoted in FIG. 4.- An appropriate anti-slipping grip 8 is provided on the bottom and the bottom end to the right as shown in FIGURE 1 has a shoulder of toe-like form as at 10 which assists in orienting and lining up the units A and B when they are to be brought into blade-dispensing and razor-loading association. A shank 12 on the upper axial end portion of the handle is provided with a onepiece (preferably onepiece) blade receiving, clamping and shaving head 14. This head comprises a fixed jaw 16 (see FIG. 3) whose righthand lengthwise edge is bent down and suitably curved to provide a guard lip 18 for the cutting edge 20 of the insertable disposable type single edge razor blade 22. The movable upper jaw is denoted at 24 and it is joined along the lefthand longitudinal edge to the jaw 16 by a return bend-which is resilient as at 26 and constitutes an appropriate hinging and self-closing joint between the two jaws 16 and 24. i v

The trigger-like means for opening the jaws comprises a substantially L-shaped member or trigger 28 having a depending fingerpiece 30 with an appropriately flared easy-to-use terminal 32 at the bottom. The upper end portion is bent at 34 and the terminal portion 36 is superimposed on and fixed to the movable jaw so that by exerting thumb pressure, let us say, against the trigger and pushing it from left to right as shown in full and dotted lines in FIG. 3 the movable jaw 24 opens up to receive the blade 22. Incidentally, the blade is provided on one edge with keeper notches 38 and on the cutting edge 20 with end notches 40. The notches 38 serve to accommodate the fixed detents 42 carried by the fixed jaw 16 in the manner shown. The notches 40 serve to accommodate the blade positioning and retaining hooks or lugs 44 on the movable jaw 24 in the manner illustrated in FIG. 2, that is when the blade is in its shaving position.

The unit B is matched and so made in construction that it lends itself to appropriate use in conjunction with the handle and head of the razor unit A. An elongated shell 46 is provided and is of a length greater than the length of the handle and is channel-shaped and embodies a pair of side flanges 48 connected by a web portion 50 as better shown in FIG. 4. At the upper closed end portion of the channel as denoted at 52 a bracket 54 is provided. This bracket is a simple angle member and has one flange 56 riveted or otherwise secured to the web and has a second flange 58 which is lateral thereto and occupies a position so that when it is in its ejecting position it takes the position illustrated in FIG. 5. It will also be understood that this bracket-equipped end of the shell 46 is coordinated with the jaws of the head 14 as shown in full and dotted lines in FIG. 1. The channel provided in the unit 46 serves to accommodate the novel spring biased companion unit which is here denoted by the numeral 60. This unit comprises a hollow magazine 62 which contains a supply of the blades 22. For convenience here the uppermost blade which is about to be dispensed is denoted at 22a. It is held against displacement, that is, is maintained in its stack relationship by an inturned limit stop 63 at the top of the magazine. There are actually two of these inturned limit stops and which are similar to those employed in dispensing magazines utilized for instance in the Bostitch stapler shown, for example, in US. Patents 2,272,773, 2,309,778, 2,309,763 and others not listed here. The magazine (instead of holding staples) here simply holds ready-to-use blades 22 with the upper one 22a about ready to be ejected and positioned for use between the two jaws 16 and 24. To assist in accomplishing this the unit 60 including the magazine is hingedly mounted in the lower portion of the channel as denoted at 64. A properly tensioned coil spring 65 is used and acts on the blades so that they are maintained in the stack and in readiness to be ejected by the bracket 54, more particularly the second flange 58, in the manner illustrated partially in FIG. 5. The lefthand lengthwise side of the magazine is provided with a hollow adapter 66 having a web 67 and lengthwise lip portions 68 which serve to accommodate the upper half-portion of the razors handle. The triangular extension guides 69 are shown at the lower half-portion of the adapter means and they facilitate piloting the handle into the position shown whereby the two parts A and B can be assembled temporarily for purposes of squeezing the units together and thus ejecting a blade 22 (22a in FIG. 1) from the upper end of the magazine into the head; that is, between the two jaws 16 and 24 and at the same time lining up the notches 38 with the keepers or detents 42 and so that when the two jaws are then allowed to close the blade is readied for shaving use. It may be further mentioned that inasmuch as the unit 60 is swingable from left to right into the channel of the shell 46 it is desirable to provide an appropriate return spring which is generally denoted here at 70 and which is appropriately constructed and interposed between the web 50 and magazine 62 to cause the unit 60 to assume the ready-torecede position shown in FIG. 1. A

As illustrated in FIGURES 1 and 4, the handle 6 has a groove or recess 72 therein for closely telescopically receiving a tongue or projection 74 integral with the web 67 between the guides 69 for more definitely aligning the razor and dispenser when being employed in combination for dispensing a blade 22 into the razor.

For ease of cleaning the razor, the stationary jaw 16 is provided with a circulation and drainage slot 76 underlying the inner edge of the blade 22 which enables water to pass therethrough for easier cleaning of the razor. Also, the notches 40 in the blade 22 serve not only to receive the projections or flanges 58 on the dispenser but also receive the lugs 44 which cam the blade 22 inwardly for tightly clamping the notches 38 against the projections 42 on the stationary jaw 16.

Briefly it will be evident that the units A and B are separate in that the unit A when properly loaded with a blade constitutes a self-contained ready-to-use safety razor. On the other hand the unit B has a primary purpose in that it is a loaded magazine (sometimes called a cartridge) and which is such in construction that it is made to be mated with A so that A and B can be brought together to deliver or feed the blades one by one (much in the manner of using a pressure responsive stapler) in a manner to accomplish the result illustrated in FIG. 1.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A holder and dispenser for razor blades comprising an elongated hollow shell having a web portion and flanges enclosed at one end and constituting a channelshaped sheath, a tubular magazine having one end hingedly mounted between the flanges at the end of the sheath remote from the closed end thereof, said magazine having an open discharge end provided with turned-in limit stop members to check and retain the blade proximal thereto, a stack of dispensable blades in said magazine, spring means engaging the stack and serving to permit positioning and ejection of the blades one at a time, spring means interposed between the magazine and web of the sheath intending to press the magazine to a given normal position, adapter means fixedly mounted on an exposed lengthwise side of said magazine, said adapter means including guide flanges in spaced parallel relationship.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 and in combination, a substantially angle-shaped bracket fixed in the closed end portion of said sheath and having a flange joined to the web of the sheath and having a second flange confined in the closed end of the channel in oriented relationship to the discharge end of the magazine, said flange having lugs along an edge thereof which are adapted to align themselves with and seat themselves in notches existing in the coacting lengthwise edge of the blade which is to be engaged and ejected.

3. The structure defined in claim 2 and wherein said magazine is provided with lengthwise flanges which are located in parallelism to the flanges of the sheath, the respective flanges permitting the magazine and blade to telescope into the channel when intentionally pressed into the channel by the hand pressure applied thereto when being used, and a coil spring interposed between the web of the sheath and a coacting median portion of the magazine to normally hold the magazine in its extended readyto-use position.

4. A holder and dispenser for a plurality of razor blades oriented in a stack comprising a hollow shell, a tubular magazine generally coextensive with said shell and having one end thereof pivotally connected to the shell for relative movement in relation thereto, said magazine having an open discharge end portion for alignment with the endmost blade in the stack, follower means in the magazine for urging the stack of blades towards the discharge end, means on said shell for engaging the endmost blade when the shell and magazine are pivoted towards each other for ejecting the endmost blade from the discharge end, and guide means carried by said magazine for orientating the magazine in relation to a razor.

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WILLIAM FELDMAN, Primary Examiner. MYRON C. KRUSE, Examiner. 

1. A HOLDER AND DISPENSER FOR RAZOR BLADES COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW SHELL HAVING A WEB PORTION AND FLANGES ENCLOSED AT ONE END AND CONSTITUTING A CHANNELSHAPED SHEATH, A TUBULAR MAGAZINE HAVING ONE END HINGEDLY MOUNTED BETWEEN THE FLANGES AT THE END OF THE SHEATH REMOTE FROM THE CLOSED END THEREOF, SAID MAGAZINE HAVING AN OPEN DISCHARGE END PROVIDED WITH TURNED-IN LIMIT STOP MEMBERS TO CHECK AND RETAIN THE BLADE PROXIMAL THERETO, A STACK OF DISPENSABLE BLADES IN SAID MAGAZINE, SPRING 